New Accuser Reported in Burbine Case

Accused serial child sex abuser John Burbine is now reportedly facing additional charges in Essex County.

According to a Wednesday Salem News report, a new accuser, a boy from Saugus, has stepped forward with allegations about actions that would have occurred from May of 1990 to January, 1994. The accuser reportedly came forward after seeing the initial media coverage in the case.

In Middlesex County, Burbine is already facing 100 counts stemming from the alleged sexual abuse of children. Burbine and his wife Marian were proprietors of the Waterfall Education Center in Wakefield, which offered tutoring and daycare services despite not being fully licensed to do so. Mrs. Burbine is facing six counts of reckless endangerment of a child and had her latest court appearance only last week. She remains under house arrest in Wakefield.

Since news of the case first broke, state lawmakers have reacted by trying to close loopholes in the state sex offender registry system that allowed Burbine to remain undetected for years as a level 1 sex offender who worked around children.

Burbine has been held at the Billerica House of Corrections since late last year and he has an expected trial date of December 10th.

For full coverage of the John and Marian Burbine case, visit this topic page on Wakefield Patch.